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Alfonso

Alfonso is a boy's name meaning "Spanish/Italian, Germanic adal (noble)", drawing on Spanish roots. It peaked back in the 1990s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. In total, about 39,521 American babies have carried this name since 1900.

SpanishSpanish/Italian, Germanic "adal" (noble)
EtymologyPlus "funs" (ready) – "noble and ready"
Births by decade
1900s
338
1910s
1,649
1920s
3,301
1930s
2,997
1940s
3,001
1950s
3,828
1960s
3,788
1970s
4,144
1980s
4,556
1990s
5,200
2000s
4,508
2010s
2,211
Peaked in the 1990s · 39,521 total U.S. births since 1900